Flipping heck, that is one cracking story, Joe! (excuse the pun). Yours is officially the first double lightning (and bird) strike anecdote of this project. Perhaps a dubious honour but exciting nonetheless to read about. You say you heard crackling sounds through the ADF - was this typical for entering electrical storms? Did you know there was a storm about when you entered the cloud? Whatever the case it must have been a sight seeing it coming at you. Was there any other damage to the electrical systems in the a/c as a result of either strike?
PM on its way now.
Steve